It is the interests of 60/340,903 U.S. Provisional Patent Application that the application requires the sequence number of Dec 12 calendar year 2001 application, and this application is included in this as quoting.
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Sketched thus and obtained and the mode of above-mentioned feature can understood in detail of the present invention, the embodiments of the invention of more specific description of the present invention shown in can be with reference to the accompanying drawings.
But be noted that this accompanying drawing only illustrates typical embodiment of the present invention, and therefore do not consider to become the restriction of its scope, for the purpose of the present invention, can admit the effective embodiment of other equivalence.
Fig. 1 describes the high level block diagram that is applicable to an illustrative communication system of using with the present invention;
Fig. 2 describes the high level block diagram that expression is applicable to a router that uses with the present invention;
Fig. 3 describes the process flow diagram of expression by an embodiment of the method for the network equipment that disposes router to a static configuration adaptively of the present invention;
The more detailed process flow diagram of an embodiment of the method for Fig. 4 description list diagrammatic sketch 3.
Fig. 1 describes the high level block diagram be used for an illustrative communication system 100 using with the present invention.As illustrated, this communication system 100 comprises Local Area Network 103, router one 06, modulator-demodular unit 112, and wide area network (WAN) 114.This LAN 103 comprises different network equipments, for example the client apparatus 104 of the client apparatus 102 of dynamic-configuration and static configuration.This WAN 114 comprises name server (DNS) for example and is connected to the gateway (not shown) of other network 116 (for example Internet).The client apparatus 102 of this dynamic-configuration is such network equipment, its from other network equipment for example router one 06 receive operating at least a portion of necessary network parameter.On the contrary, the client apparatus 104 of this static configuration is a such network equipment, and it has static network parameter, and this network parameter for example can not change the shortage manual intervention by the user.The exemplary network parameter relevant with client apparatus 102 and 104 comprises an IP Internet Protocol (IP) address, medium access control (MAC) address (medium access control (MAC) address), the sub-network shielding, domain name, important name, gateway I P address and one or more DNS IP address.
As used in this, the term router means any device that allows network equipment to communicate among their and/or other networks (network that for example comprises gateway server) own.This router one 06 comprises LAN interface 108 and wan interface 110, and LAN interface 108 is coupled to this LAN 103, and wan interface 110 is coupled to this WAN 114.This LAN interface 108 comprises the some physical ports that are used to be connected to this client apparatus 102 and 104, and this wan interface 110 comprises a physical port that is used to be connected to this modulator-demodular unit 112.This modulator-demodular unit 112 comprises cable modem, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) modulator-demodular unit, or the broadband modem of the same type of those those skilled in the art understandings.This modulator-demodular unit 112 also comprises narrowband device, for example dialing modem.
If statement simply, this router one 06 allows client apparatus 102 to communicate by letter with client computer 104, simultaneously, by modulator-demodular unit 112 and WAN 114 provide this client apparatus 102 and 104 and this network 116 between interface.This client apparatus 102 and 104 to be coupled to this router one 06 in order operating, to use the network parameter relevant to dispose this LAN interface 108 with client apparatus 102 and 104.Particularly, this LAN interface 108 is by DHCP (DHCP), or the agreement of the dynamic-configuration of the same type that those those skilled in the art the are understood client apparatus 102 that provides network parameter to arrive this dynamic-configuration.As mentioned above, can't help the user changes the client apparatus 104 that the network parameter of lack intervening (absent intervention) is assigned this static configuration.By the present invention, this router one 06 is fit to the network parameter relevant with the client apparatus 104 of this static configuration by monitoring by the network industry of this router one 06 this LAN interface 108 of make suring.Thus, when being coupled to this router one 06, the present invention advantageously avoids the network settings that need the user manually to dispose this router one 06 and/or manually change the client apparatus 104 of this static configuration.
Fig. 2 describes the high level block diagram that expression is applicable to an embodiment of a router one 06 that uses with the present invention.This router one 06 comprises a processor 230 and a storer 220, and storer 220 is used to store for example software routines, disposes the method for this router one 06 to the network equipment 104 of this static configuration adaptively so that carry out.This processor 230 is cooperated with the conventional circuit 240 of supporting such as for example power supply, clock circuit, cache memory; And with the circuit cooperation of the software routines that helps to store in the execute store 220.Certainly, some is at the treatment step of this discussion, and for example software processes can be carried out in hardware, and this hardware for example is the circuit of carrying out different step with these processor 230 cooperations.This router one 06 also comprises LAN I/O (I/O) circuit 210 and WAN input/output circuitry 215, is used to form the interface between the different primary element of communicating by letter with this router one 06.For example, in Fig. 1 embodiment, this router one 06 is communicated by letter with 104 and this WAN 114 with the customer set up 102 of this LAN 103.
Though the router one 06 of Fig. 2 is described a general processor 230, to carry out by various different control functions of the present invention, available hardware of the present invention is implemented, and for example, implements with a specific integrated circuit of application program (ASIC) with its programming.Thus, treatment step described here plans to be broadly construed to by software, hardware, or its combination is carried out equivalently.
Fig. 3 has described the process flow diagram by an embodiment of the method 300 of the network equipment that disposes router to a static configuration adaptively of the present invention.This method 300 starts from step 302 and proceeds to step 304, and this router one 06 monitors the packet of propagating in this LAN 103 there, so that detect the network equipment of static configuration.This method 300 proceeds to step 306, there, and to the network equipment of the static configuration of each detection, this method execution in step 308 and 310.In step 308, this router one 06 is determined the network parameter relevant with the network equipment of this static configuration.In step 310, this router one 06 makes this LAN interface 108 adapt to network parameter that this is determined, so that the network equipment of this static configuration is coupled to this router one 06 during operation.This method 300 finishes in step 312.
Fig. 4 describes the more detailed process flow diagram of the embodiment of this method 300 of expression, is used for the network equipment of a given static configuration.As illustrated, step 402 is described an embodiment of step 304, and step 404-414 describes an embodiment of step 308 and 310.In step 402, by detecting address resolution protocol (ARP) grouping relevant with the network equipment of this static configuration, this router one 06 detects the network equipment of this static configuration.When the network equipment of a static configuration was coupled to this LAN 103, this device was attempted to communicate by letter with the device of another networking.For the situation of the network equipment of a static configuration, do not have the DHCP request, and network equipment that would rather this static configuration will send an ARP and be grouped into this LAN 103, so that communicate by letter with some other network equipments.This router one 06 scanning Network on this LAN 103 is so that appearance is by this ARP grouping of the network equipment transmission of this static configuration.This ARP grouping for example, comprises a source MAC, a source I P address, a purpose I P address and a broadcasting MAC Address.Detect the ARP grouping though the present invention is described as, the present invention can use the broadcast packe of the known any kind of this specialty.
In step 404, this router one 06 is determined relevant this IP and the MAC Address of network equipment with the static configuration of this detection.Particularly, this router one 06 is determined this IP and MAC Address by this ARP or the broadcast packe of the network equipment transmission of this static configuration.In step 406, this router one 06 is compared the IP that detects and MAC Address with the IP existing in this LAN 103 and the inventory of MAC Address.In step 408, this router one 06 is determined at the network equipment of this static configuration and is connected between the other device of this LAN 103 whether have conflict.If there is conflict, this method 300 proceeds to step 410, and this router one 06 shows this conflict there.If there is no conflict, this method 300 proceeds to step 412.
In step 412, the network equipment of this router one 06 this static configuration of scanning is so that determine relevant additional network parameter.As mentioned above, these parameters these network parameters except that IP that determines and MAC Address can comprise subnet mask, domain name, host name, gateway ip address and one or more DNS IP address.For example, this router one 06 can transmit the request of an Internet control messages agreement (ICMP) address mask and determines this subnet mask to the network equipment of this static configuration.The network equipment of this router one 06 this static configuration of energy port scanning (port scan) to determine additional parameter, for example, determines whether arbitrary port needs to open the server to support that this device is moving.In step 414, IP that determines and MAC Address that this router one 06 increases the network equipment of this static configuration arrive this routing table.Now this router one 06 is configured to operationally by WAN114 the network equipment of this static configuration to be coupled to this LAN 103 and other network.
Though above the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described, also can design other and further embodiment and do not depart from its base region of the present invention, and its scope will be determined by the claim of following.